A new report says Bovino will be removed as Border Patrol’s ‘commander at large’ after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis
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The Department of Homeland Security has denied that Greg Bovino, Border Patrol’s “commander at large,” has been removed from his position, as reported by The Atlantic.
The publication said Monday, citing a DHS official and others familiar with the matter, that Bovino would return to his former role in El Centro, California, after a border patrol agent shot and killed 37-year-old nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin later said Bovino “has NOT been relieved of his duties” and that he is a “key part of the President’s team and a great American.”
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said Monday he spoke with President Donald Trump and learned some federal agents will leave the city beginning Tuesday. Trump “agreed the present situation can’t continue,” per Frey.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz also spoke to Trump on Monday, and said the president agreed to “look into reducing the number of federal agents in Minnesota.”
Trump said his conversations with Walz and Frey were both “very good.”
This comes after the president announced he’s sending border czar Tom Homan to oversee ICE operations in Minnesota. Trump described Homan as “tough but fair” and said the border czar will report directly to him.